Thursday, January 21, 2010

FOXNews.com - Supreme Court Removes Limits on Corporate, Labor Donations to Campaigns

FOXNews.com - Supreme Court Removes Limits on Corporate, Labor Donations to Campaigns: "In a stunning reversal of the nation's federal campaign finance laws, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Thursday that as an exercise of free speech, corporations, labor unions and other groups can directly spend on political campaigns."

Campaign finance laws aren't effective anyway -- they just shift how things are done while appearing to solve the problem.

"'In the context of election to public office, the distinction between corporate and human speakers is significant. Although they make enormous contributions to our society, corporations are not actually members of it,' he added."

Technically, corporations don't do anything either (speak, spend money, etc). It is the people who run those corporations who do those things.

Sitting Too Much Could Be Deadly, Experts Say - Health News | Current Health News | Medical News - FOXNews.com

Sitting Too Much Could Be Deadly, Experts Say - Health News | Current Health News | Medical News - FOXNews.com: "Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for prolonged periods — even if you also exercise regularly — could be bad for your health. And it doesn't matter where the sitting takes place — at the office, at school, in the car or before a computer or TV — just the overall number of hours it occurs."

One idea that comes to my mind is to setup a desk (or a few) at standing height. The computer would be setup with remote desktop so that employees using it could connect back to their workstation and do work as if they were at their desk. That desk could then be reserved like a conference room so that employees could use it for a few short periods during the day. Optionally, the cube could have a tread mill right in front of the computer so that employees could also walk while working.

Muslims Angry Over U.S. Military 'Jesus' Rifles - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com

Muslims Angry Over U.S. Military 'Jesus' Rifles - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com: "Markings on the Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight, which is standard issue to U.S. special operations forces, include 'JN8:12,' a reference to John 8:12: 'Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, 'I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life,'' according to the King James version of the Bible.

The Trijicon Reflex sight is stamped with 2COR4:6, a reference to part of the second letter of Paul to the Corinthians: 'For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ,' the King James version reads."

"'I don't have to wonder for a nanosecond how the American public would react if citations from the Quran were being inscribed onto these U.S. armed forces gun sights instead of New Testament citations,' Weinstein said. The foundation is a nonprofit organization opposed to religious favoritism within the military."

"'This situation is not unlike the situation with U.S. currency,' said the spokesman, Air Force Maj. John Redfield. 'Are we going to stop using money because the bills have 'In God We Trust' on them? As long as the sights meet the combat needs of troops, they'll continue to be used.'"